let through

Example Sentences

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The individual images were taken through filters that let through light of different colours, which were then combined into the final result presented here.

From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2023

Rumours that the crossing might open have led Gaza residents to travel to the border in the hope of being let through.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2023

"We were looking for a better life," he said as he waited to be let through the border with his family.

From Reuters • Mar. 22, 2023

Similar tunable devices already exist for visible light: so-called dynamic windows can switch from transparent to opaque to control the quantity of light they let through.

From Scientific American • Feb. 27, 2023

It was the main passage to the upper floors, and I would need to let through all the officers who had to pass, then lock it back up.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover